What are you reading? (September 2006)
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Going through "Lord of the Rings" series for about the 5th time. Started The Two Towers this morning.
Also reading Too Perfect about the obsessive personality, and will be looking for newer books at the library. It is a self-help type book... trying to deal with my obsessive personality without therapy this time.
Also reading Too Perfect about the obsessive personality, and will be looking for newer books at the library. It is a self-help type book... trying to deal with my obsessive personality without therapy this time.
Whoa - you've read the entire LOTR series . . . more than once?Stacy wrote:Going through "Lord of the Rings" series for about the 5th time. Started The Two Towers this morning.
I'm obsessive, too No really, I have a diagnosis and everything . . . let me know if that book turns out to be helpful to you . . . .
Also reading Too Perfect about the obsessive personality, and will be looking for newer books at the library. It is a self-help type book... trying to deal with my obsessive personality without therapy this time.
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You'll be waiting a long time... actually, you'd be better off just reading another book.SÃlvia wrote: I'm reading A Fine Balance. I'm ready for good things to start to happen.
I'm reading a chicklit book called "Little White Lies". It's mindless...
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Enh, I think some mildly good things happen, but he makes sure to wrench your heart out immediately before and afterwards...
Clearly, I should never work in advertising, LOL. It is still very beautifully written, and you feel like you've read something really important to the human experience when you're done.
Clearly, I should never work in advertising, LOL. It is still very beautifully written, and you feel like you've read something really important to the human experience when you're done.
You got into this business because you're funny and weird, and you're socially retarded. And because it pays well. - Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock.
Yeah, I am enjoying it anyway. But the writing sort of gets lost because it's translated into Portuguese, and it's like watching a dubbed movie. Soooo artificial!! I keep saying to myself " we don't talk like that!". Some things just don't translate well. I got it for free from my friend who was moving to England, I'd never have bought it in Portuguese.
I don't have a problem with sad books, but I do need some hope at some point, like in The Kite Runner or in The House of the Spirits.
I don't have a problem with sad books, but I do need some hope at some point, like in The Kite Runner or in The House of the Spirits.
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I just finished The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart (about a female friendship gone sour--though you don't realize why until near the end of the book). I liked it.
Now I'm reading a british chicklit book (although it was written in 1996; did chicklit exist as a genre then?) by Erica James called A breath of Fresh Air.
Now I'm reading a british chicklit book (although it was written in 1996; did chicklit exist as a genre then?) by Erica James called A breath of Fresh Air.
Yeah, I love them! Read it for the first time in middle school when my dad handed it to me and told me that I should read it. Didn't get much out of it then...Lady Bug wrote:Whoa - you've read the entire LOTR series . . . more than once?Stacy wrote:Going through "Lord of the Rings" series for about the 5th time. Started The Two Towers this morning.
I'm obsessive, too No really, I have a diagnosis and everything . . . let me know if that book turns out to be helpful to you . . . .[/quote]Also reading Too Perfect about the obsessive personality, and will be looking for newer books at the library. It is a self-help type book... trying to deal with my obsessive personality without therapy this time.
It is an ok book. I am hoping to get a newer one from the library when I finish this. We'll see. I will let you know.
I have so many books on the list right now:
Read this month:
Everything's Eventual (short stories)
The Eyes of the Dragon
1st to die
The Lake House
Reading:
Empire Falls - about 3/4 done and I love it.
Mind Wide Open - just started
To be read:
The Polished Hoe
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu
Runaway (short stories)
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Ladies Auxiliary
The Seven Sisters
Read this month:
Everything's Eventual (short stories)
The Eyes of the Dragon
1st to die
The Lake House
Reading:
Empire Falls - about 3/4 done and I love it.
Mind Wide Open - just started
To be read:
The Polished Hoe
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu
Runaway (short stories)
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Ladies Auxiliary
The Seven Sisters
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I just finished "Swapping Lives" by Jane Green. It was cute, but not as good as some of her others. It's very current in terms of pop culture references though.
I just started "Happiness sold seperately" by Lolly Winston. I really enjoyed her first novel "Good Grief" so I have high hopes for this one.
I just started "Happiness sold seperately" by Lolly Winston. I really enjoyed her first novel "Good Grief" so I have high hopes for this one.